New Fathers and Mothers Study (NewFAMS)
NewFAMS is a multi-method study investigating the relations between parental wellbeing, parenting behaviour, and children’s self-regulation in the first two years of life. First-time expectant couples attending antenatal clinics, ultrasound scans, and parenting fairs in the East of England (United Kingdom), New York State (United States of America), and the Netherlands were initially recruited. A total of 422 families took part when their infants (214 boys and 208 girls) were 14 months old. Follow-ups with the families and children occurred at 4 months, 14 months, and 24 months post-baseline.
Study design
Cohort - primary caregiver and child
Number of participants at first data collection
422 (parent-child dyads)
Age at first data collection
14 months (children)
21 - 56 years (parents)
Participant year of birth
2014 (children)
Varied (parents)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2014
Primary Institutions
Leiden University (Universiteit Leiden, LEI)
New York University (NYU)
University of Birmingham
University of Cambridge
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Wellcome Trust
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Audio or visual recordings (e.g. of child behaviour, facial expressions)
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- Ethnography or participant observation
- Interviews or focus groups
- None
- None
Engagement
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